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? has to be considered a top 10 album of AT
https://youtu.be/6UDNxvEsLtE
https://youtu.be/FvJfsIpl16g
https://youtu.be/kC7VgnsVAm8
Or at least top 15
https://youtu.be/6UDNxvEsLtEhttps://youtu.be/FvJfsIpl16ghttps://youtu.be/kC7VgnsVAm8Or at least top 15
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It's a good album. By no means is it a top 15 album. There were even a few albums better than the 18th letter the year it dropped
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And_So_It_Burns wrote: »It's a good album. By no means is it a top 15 album. There were even a few albums better than the 18th letter the year it dropped
Yeah only like 4 or 5 -
Shine permanently only my mind's concerning me
Fire burns in me eternally time's eternity
Followers turn on me they'll be in a mental infirmary
Determinedly advance technology better than Germany
Since the first days you know of, till the last days is over
I was always the flow-er, I made waves for Noah
From a compound, to the anatomy, to the breakdown of a atom
Some of my rap patterns, still surround Saturn
From the ancient Hieroglyphics, to graffiti painted pictures
I study I know the scriptures but nowadays ain't it vicious
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Sleeper album of 97. Underrated lyrical performance and hard hitting production. IMO his return did not get the fanfare it should of recieved. He came back right at the height of shiny suit era. Universal was the worst label a rapper could sign to at the time (pre CMR) so not only was the album poorly promoted (cheesy return video smh) but it was initally expensive because it was packaged as a double album with his greatest hits. It was $31.99 at my local record spot on CD and sat until 1998 when single CD versions of 18th letter started coming in.
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No respect for rakim Allah
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Good album but thats it.
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I need to give it another listen not too familiar with that album, but Rakim is the man.
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? has to be considered a top 10 album of AThttps://youtu.be/6UDNxvEsLtEhttps://youtu.be/FvJfsIpl16ghttps://youtu.be/kC7VgnsVAm8
Or at least top 15
How u not post New York, I still give the that song major play -
Is it the production? The singles? The concept? Cause I know damn well it ain't the lyrics. Why can't this be considered a top 15 album? Someone inform me.
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? is fire and a classic, that's facts
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18th letter?, I knew Rakim before
But ? , when this album dropped
I became even a bigger fan of Rakim
He wasn't "this oldschool legend" anymore
In my book, he dropped a current classic that day
Great album -
I DUG THIS ALBUM...
RA DID A GOOD JOB MODERNIZING HIS STYLE W/ THIS ONE... -
TS must be young. The 18th letter was aiight but it wasn't well received when it dropped. Heads expected more. 3.5 or 4 mic album.
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It's still a dope ass album. His lyrics are phenomenalTS must be young. The 18th letter was aiight but it wasn't well received when it dropped. Heads expected more. 3.5 or 4 mic album.
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tompetrez3 wrote: »Sleeper album of 97. Underrated lyrical performance and hard hitting production. IMO his return did not get the fanfare it should of recieved. He came back right at the height of shiny suit era. Universal was the worst label a rapper could sign to at the time (pre CMR) so not only was the album poorly promoted (cheesy return video smh) but it was initally expensive because it was packaged as a double album with his greatest hits. It was $31.99 at my local record spot on CD and sat until 1998 when single CD versions of 18th letter started coming in.
Cosign.
I remember the day it dropped. I copped it. In fact, I was living in New York and there was a store called Harlem Music Hut that released it a few days before it dropped.
Anyway, it was a solid album and he had DJ Premiere, Clark Kent and a few other well known producers at the time but for some reason he didn't hire Puff Daddy to lace him with 2 or 3 tracks. If he had some beats by Puffy (or D Dot) with easy to recognize samples that girls liked it would have been a 5 mic classic. Unfortunately he was aiming for ? Hip Hop heads and quite frankly, Mos Def and Talib Kweli did it better.
He needed some Club Bangers and thats what Puffy was doing at the time. He was lacing people with hits.
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its a very good album ,underrated even ...but top 10 ?? come on man the beats were too weak to even be top 25 but the lyrics are A1 as usual for RA
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album was a snoozefest
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Lets put it like this; Life After Death and Wu Tang Forever came out first
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Lets put it like this; Life After Death and Wu Tang Forever came out first
Like I said earlier, only 4 or 5 are legitimately better than this that came out that year. -
Album would have been 5 mics with a beat from RZA and a beat from Puffy.
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At the time it was disappointing only because of Rakims track record up to that point. Still a solid album, but I don't rank it up there with his earlier albums personally.
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He had to to cater to his core fanbase. This album was heavily anticipated. If he would've jumped on a jiggy beat, heads would've complained he sold out. That album would've been received even worse. "Guess who's back" did moderately well.tompetrez3 wrote: »Sleeper album of 97. Underrated lyrical performance and hard hitting production. IMO his return did not get the fanfare it should of recieved. He came back right at the height of shiny suit era. Universal was the worst label a rapper could sign to at the time (pre CMR) so not only was the album poorly promoted (cheesy return video smh) but it was initally expensive because it was packaged as a double album with his greatest hits. It was $31.99 at my local record spot on CD and sat until 1998 when single CD versions of 18th letter started coming in.
Cosign.
I remember the day it dropped. I copped it. In fact, I was living in New York and there was a store called Harlem Music Hut that released it a few days before it dropped.
Anyway, it was a solid album and he had DJ Premiere, Clark Kent and a few other well known producers at the time but for some reason he didn't hire Puff Daddy to lace him with 2 or 3 tracks. If he had some beats by Puffy (or D Dot) with easy to recognize samples that girls liked it would have been a 5 mic classic. Unfortunately he was aiming for ? Hip Hop heads and quite frankly, Mos Def and Talib Kweli did it better.
He needed some Club Bangers and thats what Puffy was doing at the time. He was lacing people with hits.
Still a solid album though. -
I consider it a classic. Not a top 10 or even top 20 album, but enough to solidfy Rakim in my top 5 MCs.
